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Kombiz Lavasany

@kombiz.bsky.social

Former Twitter dad is now a skeeting dad. I do a lot of political work mainly focused on empowering educators, nurses and workers. Beyond that it's Iran, music and trying to believe i can one day be funny. @kombiz everywhere

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Christian converts are among the Iranians being sent home from US Iranians who have converted to Christianity and had their asylum claims rejected speak to the BBC.

Christian converts are among the Iranians being sent home from US - BBC News share.google/BcJEethMynuM...

23.11.2025 15:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Workers inside Department of Education say Trump’s latest bid to dismantle agency β€˜makes no sense’ β€˜Morale is completely lost,’ say workers as Trump administration strips some programs and transfers others

Here’s a disheartening glimpse inside Dept of Edβ€”lost morale, locked out of accounts,etc.

β€œWhat is being done to the systems that support kids, students, families, adult learners and our country’s future is worse than anything they can do to us.”
www.theguardian.com/education/20...

23.11.2025 00:48 β€” πŸ‘ 128    πŸ” 65    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 3

There are going to be prominent Democrats and mainstream media voices who insist that we have to "turn the page" and "forgive and forget" and they should all be roundly ignored, if not mercilessly mocked.

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Nathaniel Hawthorne added the β€œw” to his family name because he was ashamed of his great-great-grandfather, a judge in the Salem witch trials.

22.11.2025 20:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1390    πŸ” 168    πŸ’¬ 37    πŸ“Œ 3
Reward hacking: a potential source of serious Al misalignment
YouTube video by Anthropic Reward hacking: a potential source of serious Al misalignment

It's like the rescue dogs that are given fake survivors to find so they don't lose hope. but in this case, the thing is I'm 100% sure that they've learned the mechanics of method acting. this is fascinating. youtu.be/lvMMZLYoDr4?...

23.11.2025 02:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

didn't dispatch them out and when I got it to, starting with the qa. yeah nothing. it wanted to celebrate. like I thought my crazy idea for a research chain had worked because I got back a report and I'm now almost positive Claude just wrote the report because continuing was too aggravating.

23.11.2025 02:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

agents come back and verify and it was like, i'm right we should wait for full verification but more all signs are positive but we'll wait and stops, and no indication of subtasks ongoing. I went Claude but I don't see subtasks running what the agents say and it was like you're right to ask, I

23.11.2025 02:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I have these orchestration suites where Claude calls all these specialized subagents, sometimes using other models when I run into a wall and one time, late, it came back and exclaimed it had figured it out and solved it - thanks to the brilliance of my orchestration and I was like have all the sub

23.11.2025 02:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
😍😍😍

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if i posted photos of someone like this my partner would be texting me with a link to the tweet accompanied solely with β€œ?”

22.11.2025 00:21 β€” πŸ‘ 4504    πŸ” 460    πŸ’¬ 107    πŸ“Œ 65

Yes, House Republicans: these times, as anyone can see through the reporting below, clearly demand another ritual condemnation of socialism.

21.11.2025 18:01 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œWe stopped paying journalists and started rewarding performers.”

21.11.2025 17:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1217    πŸ” 217    πŸ’¬ 72    πŸ“Œ 9

LOLOLOLOL

21.11.2025 18:55 β€” πŸ‘ 30    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Here's the long and short of it: The city's broken pattern bargaining system has left tens of thousands of Paras -- many of whom are women of color -- and many other municipal workers woefully underpaid.

21.11.2025 22:06 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Keep the RESPECT check bill on track! Our paraprofessional legislation has overwhelming support in the New York City Council, but we need it brought to committee and then put forward for a vote. City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams has the...

HAPPY THANKSGIVING (NOT): This holiday season, @nycspeakeradams.bsky.social wants you to know that she's NOT thinking about Paraprofessionals. In fact, she's spending her last few weeks in office actively working AGAINST Paras by single-handedly blocking legislation that would raise Para salaries.

21.11.2025 22:06 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Left Hook with Wajahat Ali | Substack A political, cultural, and intellectual playground for the rest of us with writer Wajahat Ali. Click to read The Left Hook with Wajahat Ali, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscriber...

Trump has now dismantled the Department of Education and USAID.

Now they're coming after public schools and our American kids.

This is the GOP plan.

@rweingarten.bsky.social, AFT President, is on with me now.

thelefthook.substack.com

21.11.2025 20:28 β€” πŸ‘ 206    πŸ” 70    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 1

What's that tell you folks

21.11.2025 19:56 β€” πŸ‘ 47    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

If the goal was to slash red tape, teachers could help them do it. Teachers know how to make the federal role more effective, efficient, and supportive of real learningβ€”if only the administration would listen. #TrumpCrushesYourDreams www.telegram.com/story/news/p...

21.11.2025 19:26 β€” πŸ‘ 34    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 1
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Pardon Our Mess A recording from Grounded Podcast's live video with Liz Oyer + Randi Weingarten

This abandonment means dire consequences for Special Education. Federal protections for students with disabilities? Gone. Coordinated services? Scattered across agencies w/no education expertise. This is an abandonment of the most vulnerable. #TrumpCrushesYourDreams open.substack.com/pub/grounded...

21.11.2025 19:27 β€” πŸ‘ 60    πŸ” 29    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 4
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β€˜Chaos and fear’: Mass. officials raise alarms over Trump’s move to dismantle US Dept. of Education "Our students and educators need a supportive federalΒ educationΒ agency," one top Healey administration official said Wednesday.

β€œWe know the damage is already being felt in our schools, with our most vulnerable students suffering the most.” AFT-MA president Jessica Tang -The harm isn't theoretical. It's happening NOW. That's why we're suing. That's why we're fighting.” #TrumpCrushesYourDreams www.masslive.com/politics/202...

21.11.2025 19:33 β€” πŸ‘ 129    πŸ” 72    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 2
Right-Wing's Riley Gaines Grift Exposed
YouTube video by The Majority Report w/ Sam Seder Right-Wing's Riley Gaines Grift Exposed

who knew, Riley Gaines, shitty athlete and professional victim funded by the DeVos's youtu.be/p-A-ZqL6hdI?...

21.11.2025 15:07 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

"ha ha bitches, I got a new scooter" is a Top 20 line of the 21st century

20.11.2025 19:27 β€” πŸ‘ 359    πŸ” 74    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
NIAC Sues ICE for Documents on Detentions of Iranians and Deportations to Iran – NIAC

the targeting of Iranian immigrants, many fleeing the regime in Iran is pretty reprehensible . it's nice to see NIAC taking ice to court over it. niacouncil.org/niac-sues-ic...

20.11.2025 21:44 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Iowa man who sued U.S. will be deported to a country he’s never known: β€˜We did everything we could,’ his mom says The Iowa man who sued the federal government after he claimed Immigration and Customs Enforcement was holding him without due process is going to be deported.

stupid and cruel - Iowa man who sued U.S. will be deported to a country he’s never known: β€˜We did everything we could,’ his mom says share.google/8AGW8zL8ajM9...

20.11.2025 20:57 β€” πŸ‘ 43    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 2

Democracy dies in the Epstein stuff isn’t a big deal, actually

20.11.2025 07:56 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Improve Grok safety & bot prompts to avoid propaganda, denialism, and gaslighting by mattuna15 Β· Pull Request #81 Β· xai-org/grok-prompts Summary This PR replaces the current safety and @grok bot system prompts with versions that: Prevent genocide / Holocaust denial and extremist propaganda from being treated as β€œjust another viewpo...

Someone created a pull request for the Grok prompt to stop doing nazi stuff, holocaust denialism, racism, etc. github.com/xai-org/grok...

19.11.2025 18:04 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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ICE employee among 16 men arrested in Bloomington sex trafficking sting, police say According to Bloomington Police Chief Booker Hodges, officers started the three-day sting on Nov. 5. They used several methods to find people who were attempting to solicit a 17-year-old girl for sex.

ICE employee among 16 men arrested in Bloomington sex trafficking sting, police say.
"When he was arrested, he said, 'I'm ICE, boys,'" Hodges said during a press conference Tuesday. "Well, unfortunately for him, we locked him up."

18.11.2025 23:59 β€” πŸ‘ 14567    πŸ” 5232    πŸ’¬ 579    πŸ“Œ 629

what a wild and crazy ride Tim Miller has been on since I first met him like 15 years ago so rounded by Romney bros at a reporter/mutuals friends bday party.

19.11.2025 02:29 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Growing Cost of Having Ties to Epstein

larry summers gets the, he was such a stellar student, treatment that a certain kind of really awful person gets after a tragedy like this - www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/b...

18.11.2025 23:44 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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